A day can be completely eaten up by cleaning a kitchen. After breakfast, lunch, and supper, your kitchen can look like a disaster area in need of federal attention. We all know that if we leave our dishes and countertops until the morning, we need an ice pick to scrape off dried on food. After a long day few of us want to spend an hour scrubbing a room that is just going to need it again in 8 hours. Use this method to keep your kitchen running smoothly without making you feel rundown.

Difficulty: Easy

Time Required: 15 Minutes

Here's How:

Grab all of your needed supplies together (listed below.)

Don't underestimate the value of this step. Trying to find cleansers, dishcloths, sponges, etc. not only eats up time, but increases the risks of distractions that let you forget what you were working on in the first place. Gather all supplies together before you begin.

Basic Cleaning Supply List

Best All-Purpose Cleaners

Best Housekeeping Gloves

Run a sink of hot, soapy water.

If you have a double sink with a garbage disposal on one side, make sure to use the disposal-free side. Keeping the disposal side free will allow you to scrape leftovers down the drain quickly while you work.

Proper Dishwater Temperature

How To Choose a Dishsoap

Top Dishsoaps

Best Environmentally Friendly Dishsoaps

Scrape off all the dishes into the trash or garbage disposal.

If step 2 has blocked your disposal, scrape the dishes off onto a dirty plate.

Baking Soda and Drains

Citrus Peels and Drains

Place dishes that need to soak into the water.

Try to choose the dishes that are going to give you or your dishwasher the most trouble to get clean. Put the heavily soiled dishes on the bottom. Large dishes like pans and bowls can be filled with hot soapy water and set on the counter to soak.

Remove Baked On Food

Washing Non-stick Cookware

Washing Stoneware

Washing Glass Dishes

While the dishes are soaking, go through the kitchen clearing out trash from your floor, countertops, cupboards, etc.

Don't worry about things that are out of place, or don't belong in the kitchen. Worry only about trash.

Baking Soda in the Trash
Move on to gathering all the items that do not belong in the kitchen. Put all these items into a basket (see supplies).

If you have a helper (willing or unwilling) send them off to put away these items. Do not stop working on the kitchen to take these misplaced items to their homes.

Put away all of the items that belong in the kitchen but are not in their proper places.

Don't allow yourself to get distracted by rearranging cabinets, drawers, etc. Simply place the items that are out back where they belong.

Load the dishwasher or wash by hand.

If you do not have a dishwasher or don't like to use one, this process of cleaning the dishes may take more time. If possible grab a couple of other people and form a wash, rinse, dry and put away assembly line. This is a great way to catch up with family members. Empty the dirty water and scrape the plate of food off into the disposal if it was previously blocked. Add the plate to the dishwasher.

Hand Washing Dishes 101

Automatic Dishwasher Mistakes

Top Automatic Dishwasher Detergents

Wash down your countertops, appliances, and sink.

Rinse out sponges and rags. If needed put them in the dirty clothes. We're not heavy duty cleaning here. I literally mean wash down the visible surfaces. Don't open the microwave and scrub it out. We're not cleaning the crumbs out of the toaster. Quickly wipe it down.

Sweep and mop, or vacuum.

How To Sweep

How To Mop

Take out the trash

If the trash is full, or tomorrow is trash day, take the trash outside and reline the trash container so that it is ready for tomorrow's trash.

15 Minute Cleanup Index

Tips:

The more people you have who live and eat in your home, the more time this process is going to take. But, you have an advantage, more people to make messes means more people to clean them up. Make cleaning up the kitchen after dinner a family affair. Divide the steps between your family members, and you really can have the kitchen done in a short time.

Train your family members to clear and rinse their own plates after each meal. This simple act takes little time for each person, but saves so much time for the dish person later.

Run a sink of hot soapy water before food preparation begins. As mixing bowls, cutting boards, knives, etc, become dirty, quickly wash them out to prevent food from drying and sticking.

Create some "Family Clean up CD" and let each person contribute a favorite song. Kid's will be a lot more likely to help out if they feel they have some input into the job. Letting them choose the music can go a long way.

This quick cleanup is designed for daily maintenance. It can also be used for a fast fix when unexpected company is on the way. Doing this routine will not substitute for the inevitable need to clean more deeply on a regular basis.

What You Need:

Trash container.

Basket for stuff that doesn’t belong in the kitchen.

Dish soap.

Other cleaners you normally use.

Dishrag or sponge.

Scrubber for stuck on food.

Broom, mop, or vacuum.

清理廚房有時候需要整整一天的時間。在充分享受三餐后,你會發現廚房一片狼脊。我們都知道假如我們將這些餐具以及面板留到明天早上清理,通常都得用冰鋤刮去那些因發干而變硬的菜渣。當漫長的一天下來,我們中的大多數人都不愿意再去花上一個小時清理8個小時后又再次要被使用的廚房。使用如下的方法將使你的廚房保持光潔,同時,你不會感到疲勞。

難度:簡單

時間要求:15分鐘

具體步驟如下:

1.將你所需的全部物品集中起來(可如下列表)

不要認為這個步驟沒有意義。試將洗滌劑,抹布,海綿等找出來,不僅不浪費時間,同時可以預防在清理過程因不知道首要做的事情而帶來的分心。
  
a.基本的清潔物品清單。

b.最佳的多用途洗滌劑。

c.最好的干家務活時需要的手套。

2.一滿水槽的熱肥皂水。

假如你的水槽被隔成兩邊的話,那么將要處理的垃圾放在其中一邊,確保另一邊是干凈的。確保要處理垃圾的一邊是順暢的一邊能將清理出的殘菜剩飯快速的從排水管中流出。

a.適合的洗碗水水溫。

b.如何選擇合適的洗碗皂。

c.最好的洗碗皂。

d.最環保的洗碗皂。
 
3.將刮干凈的餐具置于水槽中。
 
假如在步驟2你處理垃圾的那一邊的水槽已經阻塞了,那么將刮好的餐具放到一個不太干凈的碟子上。
   
a.蘇打粉和排水管。

b.柑橘果脯和排水管.

4.放好那些需要浸泡的餐具。

試將那些最讓你頭疼的餐具挑出來先清洗。將叫臟的餐具放在底部。一些大的餐具諸如盤子和碗先用熱的肥皂水裝滿并置于百毫秒年的面板上。

a.去除殘渣。

b.刷洗不粘鍋的炊具。

c.刷洗瓷器。

d.刷洗玻璃餐具。

5.當這些餐具浸泡在水里的時候,同時將附在廚房的地板,面臺,餐具柜等上面的垃圾清理掉。

不要擔心那些位置錯亂的和不屬于廚房里的物品。唯一要考慮的是垃圾。

 6.接著將所有不屬于廚房的東西集中起來。然后將這些東西放到籃子里(可視物品)

假如你有一個幫手(無論是自愿的還是不情愿的)讓他們將這些東西收起來。不要廚房的活還未完成就將這些次序亂得很的東西放回原位。

7.將那些沒放對位置的廚房用品收拾起來。
   
在重置櫥柜,抽屜的時候,要保持心平氣和。只是簡單的將這些物品放回原位。

8.洗碗機清洗或者手洗。

假如你的廚房沒有洗玩機或者你并不打算去買一個,那么清洗餐具的時間將長些。假如可能的話多找幾個人一快清理,將刷洗,漂凈,晾干和放置集合成一條線。這種方法所需人數快趕上家庭成員人數了。/倘若之前的水槽被阻塞了,那么將臟水和刷洗出的殘渣一并清空。將碟子放到洗碗柜里。

a.見人工洗碗101章。

b.自動洗碗機的出錯。

c.最優的自動洗碗機去垢劑。

9.清理你的廚房面臺,用具以及水槽。

沖洗掉海綿和抹布。加入需要的話可將他們與待洗的衣服放在一快。我們并不需要花太多時間清理這些東西。我的意思是只需要清理那些表面上可看清楚的垃圾。而不是去擦洗那些在顯微鏡之下才看得到的污漬。我們不是去清理在散落在面包機旁的面包屑。只是快速的擦拭一下。
  
10.掃地和脫地,或者使用吸塵器。

a.如何掃地。

b.如何脫地。

11.仍垃圾。

倘若垃圾袋滿了,或者第2天是垃圾回收日,那么將垃圾拿到外面并重新套上一個垃圾袋裝明天的垃圾。

15分鐘清掃工作指南

小貼士:

1.家庭成員越多,清掃工序所花的時間越多。但是,你同時也有一個優勢,那就是越多的人弄亂。這些物品,那么就有越多的人幫忙打掃。讓用完晚餐后清潔廚房變成一件家庭事務。大家分工合作,時間就會縮短勒。

2.在每餐過后,所有的家庭成員養成自覺清洗自己使用過的餐具的習慣。對與每個人而言,這種行為簡單而又節約時間的,但對于單個清理的人而言,卻節約了大量的時間。

3.在開飯之前,放滿一槽的熱肥皂水。由于碗,刀板,菜刀等混在一快變得很臟,因此必須快速的清洗以防那些殘渣邊干發硬。

4.拍一些關于“家庭打掃除CD”,并讓每個成員唱自己喜歡的歌。假如孩子們決得從中有很些須收獲,他們會更加愿意幫忙。讓他們挑選自己喜歡的歌是大有裨益的。

5.這中快捷的清洗方式一般是用于家居。但它同時也出乎意料的被一些公司用在其他情況。參與這些日常瑣事
不是為了取代那些必要的需求,只是例行公事。

你需要什么?

a 垃圾筐

b.裝那些不適合放在廚房的物品的籃子。

c.洗碗皂

d.其他你平時所需的洗滌劑

e.洗碟布或者是海綿

f.清洗粘著事物的器具

g. 掃帚,拖把或者可以是吸塵器。